Flaco Jimenez (left) and Santiago Jimenez Jr. return to Woodlawn Lake on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, the backdrop for the cover of the album they recorded more than 50 years ago. (Darren Abate / For the Express-News) less

Flaco Jimenez (left) and Santiago Jimenez Jr. return to Woodlawn Lake on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, the backdrop for the cover of the album they recorded more than 50 years ago. (Darren Abate / For the ... more

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Flaco Jimenez (left) and Santiago Jimenez Jr. re-create the pose used on the only album they have recorded together during a photo shoot at Woodlawn Lake on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. (Darren Abate / For the Express-News) less

Flaco Jimenez (left) and Santiago Jimenez Jr. re-create the pose used on the only album they have recorded together during a photo shoot at Woodlawn Lake on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. (Darren Abate / For the ... more

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Flaco Jimenez (left) and Santiago Jimenez Jr. return to Woodlawn Lake on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, the backdrop for the cover of the album they recorded more than 50 years ago. (Darren Abate / For the Express-News) less

Flaco Jimenez (left) and Santiago Jimenez Jr. return to Woodlawn Lake on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, the backdrop for the cover of the album they recorded more than 50 years ago. (Darren Abate / For the ... more

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Flaco Jimenez (right) and Santiago Jimenez, Jr. look at two of their previous album covers from the 1960s, at Woodlawn Lake on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. (Darren Abate / For the Express-News)

Flaco Jimenez (right) and Santiago Jimenez, Jr. look at two of their previous album covers from the 1960s, at Woodlawn Lake on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. (Darren Abate / For the Express-News)

Legendary conjunto accordionist Santiago Jimenez Jr. will be inducted into the Tejano Conjunto Hall of Fame on May 12th. He plays in his home studio. BILLY CALZADA / gcalzada@express-news.net
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Legendary conjunto accordionist Santiago Jimenez Jr. will be inducted into the Tejano Conjunto Hall of Fame on May 12th. He plays in his home studio. BILLY CALZADA / gcalzada@express-news.net
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Photo: BILLY CALZADA, SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS

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Santiago Jimenez Jr., known as “El Chief,” speaks after becoming the third member of his family to be inducted into the Conjunto Music Hall of Fame.

Santiago Jimenez Jr., known as “El Chief,” speaks after becoming the third member of his family to be inducted into the Conjunto Music Hall of Fame.

Photo: Edward A. Ornelas/Express-News

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Flaco Jimenez is expected to reunite on stage with sibling Santiago Jimenez Jr. at the Tejano Conjunto Festival.

Flaco Jimenez is expected to reunite on stage with sibling Santiago Jimenez Jr. at the Tejano Conjunto Festival.

Photo: Express-News File Photo

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Flaco Jimenez

Flaco Jimenez

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Tejano music legend Flaco Jimenez and his son and namesake Leonardo Jimenez III pause in the yard of their San Antonio home.

Tejano music legend Flaco Jimenez and his son and namesake Leonardo Jimenez III pause in the yard of their San Antonio home.

Fred Ojeda, left, and Flaco Jimenez record as Los Caporales at the Blue Cat Studio. Their cantina-sounding album, the product of sessions in which Jimenez became emotional, will be released this summer.

Fred Ojeda, left, and Flaco Jimenez record as Los Caporales at the Blue Cat Studio. Their cantina-sounding album, the product of sessions in which Jimenez became emotional, will be released this summer.

Photo: Billy Calzada, Staff

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Flaco and Santiago Jimenez Jr. will be together again in album

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SAN ANTONIO – It’s official. One of the seismic music stories in 2014 will be a reunion album, after more than 50 years, from brothers and musical legends Flaco Jimenez and Santiago Jimenez Jr.

Santiago Jimenez Jr. made the announcement at his Sunday morning gig at Carnitas Uruapan. Last week, he had hinted about the reunion and details had not been finalized. “It’s full speed ahead,” said Santiago Jimenez Jr. on Sunday. “We know what we want to do.”

The award-winning, button accordion-playing brothers are recording the conjunto record at Santiago Jimenez Jr.’s home studio on Viendo Street. The down-home, indie project will feature song written by their father, conjunto pioneer Santiago Jimenez.

Flaco and Santiago last recorded together on Santiago Jimenez Jr.’s 1962 debut album, “El Rey y El Principe de la Musica Norteña.” Released on the Lira label, the album (which was recorded in late 1961) featured a cover photograph of the brothers at Woodlawn Lake.

Unlike that first album, Flaco Jimenez, the genre-bending cofounder of the Texas Tornados, won’t be playing bajo sexto.

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This is the first major music news from these two since they reunited at the 30th annual Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio in May 2012, which signaled a thaw in their famously complicated and sometimes mysterious relationship.